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Joseph Hayden Boston, 18, was arrested on Saturday when his
mother brought him to a police station after he allegedly told
her he had molested two boys, ages in 8 and 4, in his room at a
Riverside motel just hours earlier, the Riverside Police
Department said in a statement.
The suspect had been staying at the motel, where he befriended
the male victims who were staying there with their parents,
police said. Boston called his own mother stating what he had
done shortly after molesting the boys.
The County of Riverside Child Protective Services responded and
took custody of both victim children, police said.
"Officers interviewed the suspect and he confessed to sexually
assaulting the two juvenile victims in his motel room. He also
admitted to molesting upwards of 50 children since he was 10
years old in different cities where he had lived," police
spokesman Ryan Railsback said in the statement.
Boston was charged with two counts of oral copulation on a child
under the age of 10 and booked into the county jail with bail
set at $1 million, according to the Riverside Sheriff's
Department website.
It could not be determined if Boston had an attorney on Sunday.
Police are investigating and believe the suspect, who had
previously resided in Lakewood and Buena Park in Southern
California, has victimized other children, police said.
(Reporting by Chris Kenning in Louisville; Editing by Sandra
Maler)
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